Cy Bowen vs. Lee Wade — Career Comparison

Cy Bowen
Pre-GenerationalIndianaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaNew York GiantsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Lee Wade
Lost GenerationThrows RightSt. Louis GiantsNegro National LeagueStarting Pitcher

Lee Wade built a career as a starting pitcher and Cy Bowen as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Lee Wade posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.77 and WHIP 1.309 compared to 6 and 1.750 for Cy Bowen. By the career numbers, Lee Wade had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Cy Bowen and Lee Wade

Cy Bowen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
1.5
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
65
1.24
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.75
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52
0.99
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.48
Cy Bowen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.75
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.51
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48.08
48.08
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
80
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.75
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
0.76
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.06
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cy Bowen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
6
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
198
3.77
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.77
3.77
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.69
5.69
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.47
3.47
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.5
5.5
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.46
3.46
Cy Bowen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.261
0.261
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.271
0.271
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
27
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1419
27
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
9
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
473
9
Cy Bowen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
9
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
504
9.59
Cy Bowen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.59
9.59
Cy Bowen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.4
Cy Bowen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.4
0.4
Cy Bowen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.32
0.32
Cy Bowen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
6.75
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
115
2.19
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.75
6.75
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.19
2.19
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
2.25
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
222
4.22
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.25
2.25
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.22
4.22
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.5
1.5
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.42
3.42
Cy Bowen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.713
0.713
Cy Bowen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.75
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.04
Cy Bowen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
2.25
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.27
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
58
43.5
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2051
39.03
Cy Bowen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.75
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cy Bowen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
9.75
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
275
5.23
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.75
9.75
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.23
5.23
Cy Bowen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
62
1.18
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.55
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.75
1.75
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.309
1.309
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 9 Innings
46
34.5
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1860
35.39
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.5
6.5
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.23
4.23
Cy Bowen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.279
0.279
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.299
0.299
Cy Bowen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43.5
43.5
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.03
39.03

Fielding Stats for Cy Bowen and Lee Wade

Cy Bowen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
1.5
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
81
1.28
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.03
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
27
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1713
27
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
9
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
571
9
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
0.79
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
3.75
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
107
1.69
Cy Bowen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
1.5
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.24
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
5.25
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
172
2.71
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
3.75
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
157
2.47
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 9 Innings
71.43
71.43
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
91.28
91.28
Cy Bowen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.5
2.5
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.938
1.938
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.47
2.47
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.11
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Cy Bowen and Lee Wade

Cy Bowen
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
9
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
200
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
75
187.5
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 600 PA
6
600
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
240
600
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 600 PA
3
300
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
214
535
Cy Bowen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0.192
0.192
Cy Bowen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.917
0.917
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0.525
0.525
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 600 PA
1
100
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
41
102.5
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
32
80
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
20
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.5
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
22.5
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.22
0.22
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.005
0.005
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.024
0.024
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.66
66.22
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
13.34
33.36
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 600 PA
1
100
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
52
130
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
200
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
55
137.5
Cy Bowen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0.241
0.241
Cy Bowen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0.243
0.243
Cy Bowen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.833
0.833
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0.484
0.484
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.051
0.051
Cy Bowen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.308
0.308
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0.169
0.169
Cy Bowen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0.382
0.382
Cy Bowen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0.188
0.188
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
23
57.5
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
17
42.5
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
200
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
39
97.5
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.81
80.89
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
13.97
34.92
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.5
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
13
32.5
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 600 PA
2
200
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Cy Bowen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
Cy Bowen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
200
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12
30
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 600 PA
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA